Leadership Requires Boundaries 

Leadership Requires Boundaries 

Leaders, you’re not there to be your team’s friend. You’re there to be their leader. That means being a teacher, a coach and a mentor. You’re there to help them, challenge them, push them and care about them. All of that matters. Your job is to...
Show Up On the Hard Days

Show Up On the Hard Days

In last week’s blog, I shared how Discomfort Builds Confidence. Helping our teams be confident and uncomfortable is part of our job as leaders.   I saw a great Tweet that ties into this from Sahil Bloom, who wrote The Five Types of Wealth. It’s a great new book—I...
Discomfort Builds Confidence

Discomfort Builds Confidence

“I want you confident and uncomfortable!” These are words I heard from Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer. His team had just made a deep run in the tournament this past March and April, making it to the Final Four. That quote really stood out to me.   As...
Activity-Focused vs. Outcome-Focused

Activity-Focused vs. Outcome-Focused

Are you activity-focused or outcome-focused? There’s a big difference between the two.  Being activity-focused can mean you’re working really hard and doing a lot. But are you actually getting results? Or are you just spinning your wheels? ...
What’s Your Leadership Legacy? 

What’s Your Leadership Legacy? 

I have two questions for you today:  How do you want to be remembered as a leader? Think about that. What’s your legacy? How do you want the people who worked for you to remember you?  Are you leading that way right now? That’s an eye-opening question...